Today’s second #kanji is #回, which is listed under the radical of #くにがまえ(囗). However apparently 回 is a pictograph depicting…
度
Today’s first #kanji is #度, which is listed under the radical of #まだれ(广). There are 4 ways to read this kanji.
台
Today’s second #kanji is #台, which is listed under the radical of 口. You can remember this character as ムロ…
牛
Today’s first #kanji is #牛 and it makes its own radical. Apparently it is a pictograph of an animal’s head.…
鳥
Today’s second #kanji is #鳥, which makes its own radical. 鳥 is a pictograph depicting a bird with a long…
犬
Today’s first #kanji is #犬, which makes its own radical. When this radical is used as a へん (the left…
声
Today’s second #kanji is #声, which is listed under the radical of #さむらい(士). The original form was 聲 which has…
首
Today’s first #kanji is #首, which makes its own radical. Apparently it is a pictograph depicting a person’s face and…
顔
Today’s second #kanji is #顔. It is made of 彦 and 頁. 彦 means “a man with virtue and talent”…
頭
Today’s first #kanji is #頭, which is made of 豆 and 頁(#おおがい). In my kanji dictionary, it is listed under…
弱
Today’s second #kanji is #弱. My kanji dictionary lists this under #ゆみへん(弓), but apparently 弱 is a pictograph. Its original…
遠
Today’s first #kanji is #遠, which is listed under #しんにょう(辶). 辶 indicates association with “going.” 袁 is not used by…
悪
Today’s second #kanji is #悪, which is listed under the radical of #こころ(心). The top part 亜 used to be…
低
Today’s first #kanji is #低, which is made of #にんべん(亻) + 氏 (a surname) + 一 (a line, rather than…
暗
Today’s second #kanji is #暗, which is made of 日 and 音. 音 usually means a sound but in this…
早
Today’s first #kanji is #早, which is listed under the radical of #日. Originally 早 was a compound ideograph consisting…
軽
Today’s second #kanji is #軽, which is listed under the radical of #車. Its つくり, 圣, does not get used…
重
Today’s first #kanji is #重, which is listed under the radical of #里, although in my opinion 重 and 里…
短
Today’s second #kanji is #短, which is made of 矢 (an arrow) and 豆 (a bean). 豆 also has the…
太
太 is made of 大 and 丶. Its original meaning was rather positive but both the adjective and the verb with this kanji now have rather negative sound.